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I like evocative art, or practical art (i.e. "this is what that heavy door with the runes looks like".) I don't think it is necessary as long as there are good, concise written descriptions. But it can enhance play. I was playing the original Tomb of Horrors a couple of weeks ago, and the art...

If I have only one or two players, everybody tends to run multiple characters. If I have three or more players, everybody tends to run one character.

I have a bunch of noncaltropian d4s, the barrel dice kind. I love them. The normal caltrop kind do suck, though.

I have a vague memory that there was a Ranger. And that I really liked it. But I can't check because it seems that I either recycled the playtest stuff, or it was on the computer that went kaput. Am I misrembering, or did they release a playtest Ranger?

I like TotM, but visual representations are helpful too. I have a grid board and it is handy for drawing straight lines for walls, though I have also used rough sketches on scraps of paper or pencils ploinked down to represent walls. One of my players really likes to see where everything is...

The Next Object When found, The Next Object appears to be just an amorphous blob of clay, though transmutative magic may be detected. When one holds it in one's hands and thinks about an ordinary object, the clay will slowly shape itself into that object over the course of 10 minutes. The...

By All The Hackneyed Fantasy Gods Ever, I had forgotten that he was the one responsible for mucking up my favorite 1e class. So much for my indifferent!

If I forced myself to take Rogue or Bard levels to get Expertise, then I would have Expertise. But I could still do things while playing to generate favorable circumstances, and thus also get advantage. If I had a class ability that somehow gave me Advantage, having favorable circumstances would...

Expertise. Why? Because if I don't have Advantage, it is still possible to also create Advantage, but if I don't have Expertise, nothing will get me Expertise.

Bring in a chaotic evil character secretly several levels higher than the other characters. Have a friend bring in a lawful good character who is also several levels higher than the others. Start fighting each other. (idea courtesy of my first ever D&D game 34 years ago. I had a 1st level...

I just want to say I greatly approve of this idea. Fighters should get multiple styles, and more as they level, and not have interesting fighting styles gated behind the optional feat system.

(I still think the Thief is alive at 1 hp, hiding in shadows with a smug look on her face)

Requiring an action to draw an arrow could keep ranged combat in check. With an arrow already knocked an archer could get two shots the first round. Drawing a sword is an action, so it doesn't make sense that drawing or retrieving anything else would not be.

I think Thief should still be there at 1 point.

I have always thought that Fighters should get Athletics as a bonus skill. The class is trained in hauling around heavy armor (even if those lightweight DEX Fighters refuse to wear it) and all about doing constant physical things.

Hunter Serpentine This ball of stone is shaped like a coiled snake in the midst of swallowing its unfortunate prey. To activate it, the possessor needs only to speak the true name of the desired target while touching the stone prey, and then toss the stone ball onto the ground, where it...

In my most recent game, variant humans were allowed. Two of the four players picked variant human, and picked Athletic and Alert for their feats. I think they just picked the first feat that they saw that they liked, since this is the first time I allowed feats. I have been using an all odd...

Goblins suffer from anxiety when Hobgoblins and Bugbear are nearby; they fear their bigger cousins are there to beat them up, take their stuff, and boss them around. Their tiny brains also don't comprehend Bugbears as a different thing, but simply as larger Hobgoblins with an out of control hair...

Stowing a weapon costs an object interaction. Drawing a weapon can be done for each attack. My reason? The ammo property. It makes no sense to me that an arrows can be drawn an unlimited amount of times, but daggers cannot. I like things to be consistent.

I keep forgetting it exists.